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Barnard Admit Rate Stays Steady
PUBLISHED MARCH 31, 2008
Last week, over one thousand young women received thick envelopes announcing their admission to Barnard College.
This spring, Barnard accepted 1,207 prospective students from a pool of 4,273 applicants, maintaining 2007’s admission rate of 28 percent.
According to a Barnard press release, the steady rate maintains “the College’s place as the most sought-after women’s school in the country.”
Over the last five years, the release notes, Barnard has consistently admitted slightly more than 25 percent of its applicants. In 2008, Barnard admitted 187 students via early decision, and the release anticipates that about 560 students total will decide to come to Barnard. The newly admitted students hail from 46 states and 36 countries.
“Once again, we were hugely impressed and excited with the quality of our applicants,” Barnard dean of admissions Jennifer Fondiller said in the release.
Fondiller touted the number and variety of leaders admitted to Barnard.
“Leaders of all kinds were prevalent—class presidents, captains of sports teams, and editors-in-chief of newspapers, literary magazines, and yearbooks,” Fondiller said in the release. Eighty-eight percent of admitted students ranked in the top 10 percent of their classes.
The release boasts of interesting prospective students, such as a world-champion trampolinist, a certified pilot, and an internationally ranked table tennis player. A novelist, a unicyclist, and students whose music has graced Carnegie Hall were also admitted.
“Artists were well-represented, including accomplished musicians, dancers, and actresses, and there were many applicants this year who demonstrated significant commitment to social responsibility, such as those who had participated in hurricane relief efforts by building homes and organizing the donations of supplies,” Fondiller said in the release.
The release notes that 37 percent of admitted students consider themselves “students of color,” with 19 percent Asian, 9 percent Latina, and 7 percent black.
“We couldn’t have been more pleased with this group,” Fondiller said.
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